West Tigers make it four from
four

Match summary:
Wests Tigers hooker Robbie Farah scored a hat-trick of tries to help his side create history with their 42-20 victory over South Sydney in the NRL clash at a packed Leichhardt Oval this afternoon

Wests Tigers recorded a fourth consecutive victory for the first time in the joint venture club's history.

Another milestone was passed on Sunday when a ground record crowd of 22,877 filed into Leichhardt Oval to watch the Tigers smash a listless Souths in a first half blitz.

Ground officials had to close the gates before kick-off as a few adventurous fans climbed a rooftop overlooking the field to see the action.

It was a disappointing performance from the Rabbitohs, who were coming off gutsy wins over North Queensland and Cronulla.

Halfback Scott Prince was superb for the Tigers, grabbing a 10 minute try when Souths skipper Ashley Harrison was in the sin-bin for a professional foul, and creating an earlier four-pointer for centre Shane Elford.

Farah crossed twice in the opening half as the home side raced to a 24-0 lead.

Rabbitohs five-eighth John Sutton and centre Luke MacDougall scored tries either side of the break to narrow the gap to 24-10.

But a long-range try to Tigers back-rower Liam Fulton in the 56th minute extended his side's lead to 30-10.

MacDougall bagged his double in the 65th minute before tries to Farah (69m) and Pat Richards (78m) blew out the scoreline.

HALF TIME: The Tigers have torn the Rabbitohs defence to shreds, 9 line breaks to 1, the Tigers are playing like the Globetrotters. Missed tackles are Souths 24, Tigers 17 - so the Tigers are still up to their old defensive tricks. The Sutton try on half time keeps the game somewhat interesting.